From an Occasional Correspondent. ();

January 24, 1875,

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The week drawing to a close has not been very gay and festive after all, and the wives of rural Representatives who have made large investments in dry goods have not been able to send to their homes glowing accounts of their appearance at a succession of entertainments.

January 24, 1875

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